Oh, goody. Is China on the verge of another one? Because, you know, the last one worked out so well.
[Noon update]
This seems like it might be related: Japan is getting worried about China.
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Endangering The Gorillas?
It is not obvious to me that exploring and producing oil in Virunga National Park will have an adverse affect on the wildlife. If the government is responsible, the tax revenues could help pay for increased protection and security.
Axelrod Stays Classy
…with a Romney/Hitler comparison. It’s all part of the new civility, I guess. But as is pointed out, Axelrod’s own house is a little too glassy to be tossing that particular stone.
Smart Diplomacy
The administration has been played (again) by North Korea. I doubt that it is a satellite launch, but it’s actually a lot easier to launch a satellite than to deliver a warhead (which is what they really want to learn how to do).
[Update mid afternoon]
A missile launch would be “a deal breaker for the administration.” Yeah, right.
Stu Nozette
…is likely to get thirteen years. He’ll be seventy or so when he gets out, assuming he doesn’t get out early.
The Party Of Corporatism
The GOP has to make a decision whether it’s going to continue to continue to accept the Democrats’ cronyism, or be the party of free markets. And yes, defunding the Ex-Im bank would be a nice first step. If people really want to buy Boeing airplanes, they’ll find the money.
A Commercial Space Reminder
You have one more day to call your Congressperson to get them to request full funding for commercial crew.
The Left’s Long-Time War On Women
I have some thoughts on the hypocrisy, projection and cynicism over at PJMedia.
[Update a while later]
At The Village Voice, some things never change:
Backpage accounts for about 70 percent of prostitution advertising among five Web sites that carry such ads in the United States, earning more than $22 million annually from prostitution ads, according to AIM Group, a media research and consulting company. It is now the premier Web site for human trafficking in the United States, according to the National Association of Attorneys General. And it’s not a fly-by-night operation. Backpage is owned by Village Voice Media, which also owns the estimable Village Voice newspaper.
Attorneys general from 48 states have written a joint letter to Village Voice Media, pleading with it to get out of the flesh trade. An online petition at Change.org has gathered 94,000 signatures asking Village Voice Media to stop taking prostitution advertising. Instead, the company has used The Village Voice to mock its critics. Alissa thought about using her real name for this article but decided not to for fear that Village Voice would retaliate.
How could she think such a thing of those beneficent, woman-loving leftists?
[Update late evening]
More of the Left’s respect for women.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sarah Hoyt: War is Hell.
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The Casual Bigotry
Fossil Fuels
What if they aren’t really “fossil” fuels? I’m skeptical on this, but maintain an open mind. If Gold is right, it’s a huge game changer, not just technologically, but politically. Of course, it will just send the carbon loons further around the bend.